Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

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Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet 1. Pictographic (form) -- The original letter is pictographic, meaning it represents a picture of something, such as the pictograph representing a mouth. 2. Mnemonic (meaning) -- The mnemonic meaning of a pictograph is the extended meanings related to the pictograph 27 . For example, the pictograph , is a picture of a mouth, and has the extended mnemonic meanings of speak, blow and open. These mnemonic meanings most often are related to the pictograph by their function rather than appearance. 3. Syllabic (name) -- Each pictograph is associated with a single syllable of two consonants. This syllable is also the name of the pictograph. The name of the pictograph is "peh" 28 and is also the Hebrew word for "mouth". 4. Phonetic (sound) -- The first letter of the syllabic name provides a singular sound for the purpose of forming words and sentences. The phonetic value of the pictograph / peh is "p". Reconstruction of the Alphabet By applying the below methods, the original Hebrew alphabet can be reconstructed with a fair amount of accuracy. Over time the fields of archeology, and their 27 Giorgio Fano, The Origins and Nature of Language (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992) 20. 28 When translating the Hebrew into English, it is often necessary to add vowels. These added vowels will be italicized. 27
Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet discoveries of artifacts and Ancient inscriptions, and anthropology, and their discoveries in linguistics and culture, may contribute additional information about the Ancient Hebrews to bring us even closer to the original. Form The original form of the letter is pictographic, meaning it represents a picture. For example, the picture is the form of a letter representing a mouth. 1. Comparison of Semitic scripts - Each letter of the Semitic cultures are carefully compared and arranged according to time and sub group. This historical chart can then be used to follow the progression of script evolution from one culture to the next throughout their written history. These charts can be seen in appendix "C". 2. Names of the pictographs - Each Hebrew pictograph have a name directly related to the picture. For example, the name of the pictograph "" is "tld" (dalet) which means "door" revealing the identity of the picture as that of a door. Just as scripts evolve, so do their names. Occasionally, Modern Hebrew names will no longer reflect the actual picture, but other languages do. For example, the word gimel (meaning a camel) 29 is now assigned to with no apparent connection. The Arabic language has retained the original name of "gam" as has the Greek, "gamma". 29 This Hebrew word means camel and has caused some confusion where this pictograph has been interpreted as a picture of a camel. 28
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Bibliography Hebrew Culture · Will
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